Ara the Handsome
Legendary folk hero and king of Armenia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ara the Handsome[1][2] (Armenian: Արա Գեղեցիկ, romanized: Ara Gełec‘ik) is a semi-legendary Armenian hero and king. Ara is notable in Armenian literature for the popular legend in which he was so handsome that the Assyrian queen Semiramis waged war against Armenia to capture him and bring him back to her, alive.
Ara is sometimes associated Arame of Urartu, who ruled the Kingdom of Urartu Biainili during the 9th century BC.